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quarry operations did, indeed, damage their well,then there could also be a significant financial <br /> burden to the landowner to hire geotechnical,hydrology, and legal experts to prove their case. <br /> Fuel oils stored on site or chemicals brought into the canyon and used for blasting operations <br /> may contaminate wells located below the proposed operations area(those highlighted in <br /> fuchsia). Herbicides used to spray for noxious weeds might also contaminate ground water. <br /> Any heavy metals uncovered by quarry operations may also contaminate wells below the quarry. <br /> For example, water tests from one of the landowner's wells located just west of the proposed <br /> quarry area identified a high level of lead. The location of this well (highlighted in yellow in <br /> Figure 18)may mean that lead deposits will be found within the North and South pits even <br /> though test bores did not indicate the presence of lead. Other heavy metals may be found as well <br /> during quarry excavations. <br /> 41, <br /> 1 a.. <br /> Z7NM ff f721 //J. /• //�YIKS r k'.iSC <br /> • V330 <br /> tIlan <br /> f555 �I` .a-e <br /> F' <br /> Figure 18 Lead Found in Water Well Test <br /> 4.2 Water Rights <br /> The quarry application is supposed to discuss the potential impact of quarry operations on <br /> existing water rights. Little Turkey Creek flows through the middle of the proposed quarry <br /> operations area. Although Hitch Rack Ranch owns some water rights associated with Little <br /> Turkey Creek, these water rights have specific limits. Furthermore,Hitch Rack Ranch does not <br /> own all of the Little Turkey Creek water rights. <br /> The quarry application indicates that Transit Mix does not plan to divert any water from Little <br /> Turkey Creek for quarry operations. However, in 2015 the contractor hired to drill test bores for <br />